Fall Semester 2018 Catalog

DMSO 2030 CLINICAL SONOGRAPHY III

Credits

8

This course provides students with continued work experience in a hospital, clinic, or other patient care setting. Students improve skills in performing sonographic procedures previously introduced. Topics include: normal uterine and fetal development through the three trimesters including placental grading; equipment manipulation for optimum resolution; manipulation of equipment to minimize biological effects; normal anatomy and pathologic conditions of the abdomen and female pelvis; fetal biometry including gestational sac size, crown-rump length, bi-parietal diameter and head circumference; ectopic pregnancies; normal anatomy of the venous and arterial systems of the body; abnormal conditions of the human vasculature system; patient care issues; and demonstration of significant progression of knowledge and scanning skills.